| Abbott's moray eel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Gymnothorax |
| Species: | G. eurostus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnothorax eurostus (C. C. Abbott, 1860) |
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The Abbott's moray eel, Gymnothorax eurostus, is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific antitropical[1] in distribution. Reported from the Seychelles. Found in the eastern Pacific from Costa Rica and Easter Island, at depths down to 40 m. Its length is up to 60 cm.
The Abbott's moray eel is a shallow-water, inshore reef species, though not often seen.